Sentences with phrase «cent rise since»

Only a minority of people are not cured by established drugs regimes, but cases are steadily increasing, with a 65 per cent rise since 2006.

Statistics obtained by the Liberal Democrats show that there has been an 80 per cent rise since 2005 in nurses and midwives left without a job six months after qualifying.

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The Dow Jones industrials fell 66.79 points to 15,334.59 as the Standard & Poor's / Case - Shiller 20 - city home price index rose 12.4 per cent in July compared with a year ago, the most since February 2006.

Household purchases account for 57 per cent of Canadian GDP, a rising share of economic activity since the Great Recession of 2008 because business - to - business purchases, business investment and exports haven't found their mojo since.

OTTAWA — Rising gasoline and car prices fuelled the first significant spike in Canada's cost of living since February last month, lifting the annual inflation by half a point to 1.2 per cent — still low by historial standards.

Since 2005, Couche - Tard's earnings per share have gone up every year except one, rising from 12 cents to $ 1.20 over that period.

«Canadian consumption of prescribed opioids has risen by 200 per cent since 2000,» the budget document states.

U.S. crude rose 51 cents to $ 69.15, having hit its highest since Nov. 28, 2014 on Thursday.

Fueled by low prices, and an improving job market, consumption of gasoline in the U.S. rose by 2.6 per cent last year to 9.2 million barrels a day, the highest level since 2007, the government said.

The dollar has eased off in the last couple of days since Trump complained about it being too strong, but, after rising half a cent on the back of Draghi's press conference, it's still close to a 14 - year high against the euro.

Since last March, WAN has risen 38 per cent from $ 4.78 to recent sales around $ 6.63, with a 52 - week high of $ 6.70 set on January 6.

And a new Forum Research poll taken since Saturday's election call gives the Conservatives 41 per cent, Liberals 24 per cent and NDP 19 per cent — suggesting a seat count in which the Tories win 19 new seats for a majority with 162 seats, the Liberals lose 17 to 61, the Bloc rises by seven to 51 and the NDP drops two to 24.

Since January alone, the rise in the price of jet fuel from 70 cents a litre to 90 cents has taken $ 200 million off the company's bottom line on an annual basis, according to Robert Palmer, a spokesman for WestJet.

A poll conducted by Associated Press - GfK in late March — when oil prices had already risen 26 per cent since the start of the year to US$ 108 a barrel — revealed that two - thirds of Americans expected rising gasoline prices to cause hardship for them or their families in the coming months.

This time around, the inflation rate rose to 5 per cent for a year or so, but has since returned to the target.

Since the early 1980s, the proportion of household financial assets held as deposits has fallen from about 50 per cent to below 30 per cent; this has been mirrored by a comparable rise in the proportion of household assets held as claims on life insurance and superannuation funds (Graph 11).

In the case of oil, global oil demand (and supply) has risen by about 13 per cent since 2000, to about 86 million barrels a day at present.

Imports of motor vehicles and parts rose 8.3 per cent to $ 10.3 billion, the strongest increase since 2011, while consumer goods climbed 7.7 per cent to a record $ 11 billion.

Green - lentil prices are the highest since at least 1992, and yellow peas have risen 34 per cent from a year ago, according to government data from Saskatchewan.

From around 5.4 per cent at the time of the previous Statement, yields on 10 - year bonds fell to a low of 5.1 per cent in mid December, but have since risen back to near 5.4 per cent.

Although it is less than 2 per cent of total household debt, growth in margin lending has accounted for over a fifth of the rise in banks» personal lending (excluding credit cards) since 1996.

Yields on 10 - year bonds fell by around 40 basis points, to 5.3 per cent, by early March but are now around 5.9 per cent — a net rise of 25 basis points since the time of the last Statement.

The recent announcement by European central banks to restrict further sales of gold and the decision by the IMF to fund its debt - relief initiative with off - market transactions, contributed to a sharp recovery in sentiment in the gold market in late September; the gold price in US dollars increased by around 25 per cent in the wake of these decisions, but has since retraced about half of this rise.

The ASX 200 rose by 23 per cent over 2004, the largest calendar - year increase since 1993 and more than double the rise in the S&P 500 and MSCI World indices over the year.

Australian share prices have risen by 10 per cent since the previous Statement and reached a series of record highs during the period (Graph 46).

The consumer discretionary sector has risen by 9 per cent since the previous Statement, with more than half of the increase occurring after the announcement of News Corporation's proposed plan to move its corporate headquarters to the US.

«Since the Liberals have been mismanaging our ferry system, fares on some routes have risen by more than 100 per cent.

Domestic corporate goods prices rose by 1.9 per cent over the year to December — the fastest pace of growth since the early 1990s — largely reflecting the run - up in global commodity prices.

Both series suggest that house prices continue to rise most rapidly in Melbourne and Sydney, where prices have risen by over 50 per cent and around 30 per cent respectively since mid 1996, according to the REIA data (Graph 18).

Non-mining investment, in contrast, grew by 10 per cent per annum, on average, over this period, and as a share of GDP it rose to around its average level since 1980.

Australian share prices have risen by 4 per cent since the time of the last Statement.

Service exports have since paused at a high level as the impetus from the Rugby World Cup has waned, rising in value by 1/2 per cent in the March quarter; this is in line with ongoing strength in overseas arrivals relative to that in recent years (Graph 48).

The number of private building approvals has risen by around 5 per cent since the March quarter, driven by strong growth in approvals for houses.

«Property values in some prime central areas of the Portuguese capital have risen around 10 per cent annually since 2013.

Since mid June, however, yields have risen back to 4.3 per cent, for the reasons noted above (Graph 10).

China's trade with a number of Asian countries, most notably Japan, Korea and Taiwan, has grown particularly strongly, and this has contributed to a 32 per cent rise in intra-regional east Asian trade since 1999.

Continuing the rebound in share prices which started in March, the Australian share market has risen another 4 per cent in the past three months; the ASX 200 is up 16 per cent since mid March (Graph 50).

In the US, the S&P 500 has risen by 21 per cent since its March trough, while the Nasdaq has risen by 30 per cent.

Nickel prices have been especially strong, rising by more than 70 per cent in SDR terms over the past 12 months and by nearly 170 per cent since their trough in late 2001, largely in response to robust demand from China's expanding stainless - steel industry.

As discussed in the chapter on «International and Foreign Exchange Markets», the Australian dollar has continued to appreciate over recent months, rising on a trade - weighted basis by 5 per cent since early November and 21 per cent over the past year.

Statistics Canada reported today that the number of Canadians filing Employment Insurance (EI) claims rose by 10,350 or 4.5 per cent in March, the largest monthly increase since the start of 2013.

Since 1997, equity prices in both Australia and the US have risen by around 40 per cent (Graph B1).

Reflecting these positive developments, the Japanese stock market has risen by around 40 per cent over the past six months and long - term bond yields have risen by nearly 1 percentage point since the middle of the year.

The Australian share market has risen by 4 per cent since the last Statement to be 20 per cent above its mid-March low.

The result has been an increase in Australia's terms of trade, including a 2 per cent rise over the first half of 2003, to its highest level since the late 1980s (Graph 50).

The closely watched 10 - year yield topped 3 per cent last week for the first time since 2014, on the back of rising expectations about inflation and rates.

In addition, the Australian market has benefited from the strong lead provided by the US share market, where prices have risen by almost 90 per cent since the start of 1995.

Although the appreciation of the Australian dollar has dampened export prices in Australian dollar terms, the value of exports has edged higher since mid year, rising by around 1 1/4 per cent in the December quarter.

The government of Canada two - year note fell for a third day, with the yield rising to 1.01 per cent, the highest since January 2015.

Natural gas for June delivery rose 11.4 cents, or 2.5 percent, to $ 4.619 per million British thermal units at the close on the New York Mercantile Exchange today, the highest settlement since May 7.